I had brought up the Art Shanty Project at the last meeting, but didn't really get a chance to bring up the topic of assembling one for next year's event. I was at the shanties today and found out that my favorite shanty will be destroyed unless someone was willing to disassemble it and move it off the ice. This is REALLY last minute (it must be removed on the 15th), but I was wondering if this is something that anyone else would be interested in?

The shanty is the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition shanty aka the Shackelton Shanty. It looks like an old boat tuned upside down. It is quite large (10' wide x 21' long), warm, fairly weather-proof, and could be pretty easily modified. Here's the blog for the shanty so everyone can get an idea of what it looks like and how it's been used this year:http://antarcticshanty.blogspot.com/

There are a lot of factors to consider in this matter:1. people to help disassemble the shanty2. means of transporting the pieces3. storage for the next year until the event starts again (multiple storage locations are a possibility)

I'm willing to pitch in and get a rental truck if we can't find trucks and trailers and am also willing to spend the full day out there working on this. Unfortunately, my car is too small to haul anything and I don't have space to store it.

If this is something that other people here would be interested in, please contact me ASAP either though this thread or through private message. If you PM me, I'll sent you my phone number so we can hopefully arrange an emergency meeting.

I have a Subaru Outback; the back seat folds down & there's a roof rack. I have hand tools. I have NO storage options, though. I'm concerned about the state of the ice, considering how warm it's been recently (and today, and tomorrow). No Lake Erie repeats, please.When were you thinking of doing this?

it'll take some movement of crap in my garage (heaviest thing is a huge window ac unit) but if folks are willing to pitch in on that i'll offer the spare bay of my garage. n.b. it can't take up a full bay, i do have some crap that needs storing there, but if a person organizes brewing supplies a few things can move to the other side, and there'll be a solid 8' wide of storage a standard garage depth we can use.

(wasn't planning on moving any of that crap, so i'm not too keen on moving it unless we're actually going to accomplish this)